† ˈprick-tree Obs.
[See prick n. 14.]
a. The Wild Cornel; = next, b. b. The Spindle-tree; = next, a. c. The Alder Buckthorn, Rhamnus Frangula.
| 1551 Turner Herbal i. M j b, Sume because bucheres vse to make prykkes of it call it [cornel] pryke tree. 1597 Gerarde Herbal iii. ci. 1286 Alnus nigra, siue frangula..is called in English Aller tree, and of diuers Butchers Pricke tree. 1671 Skinner Etymol. Ling. Angl., Bot., Butchers Prick tree, Euonymus. |